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Thorium and zirconium have been determined gravimetrically with phenylglycine-p-carboxylic acid and zirconium alone with phenylglycine-o-carboxylic acid, almost within the same pH range. Better results are obtained when zirconium is precipitated in acetic acid solution in presence of a little ammonium acetate. A number of foreign ions may be separated from thorium and zirconium with these reagents. Iron and titanium cause heavy interference. The interference caused by iron, may however, be eliminated by adding a little ascorbic acid, before precipitation of the metals. The para acid can also extract thorium from a mixture of cerite earths and from monazite sands.
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Part V: See Z. anal. Chem. 158, 347 (1957).
The author likes to thank Dr. B. N. Bose, Principal of the College and Dr. S. K. Sinha, the Head of the Department of Chemistry for their kind advice and encouragements.
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Datta, S.K. Use of organic reagents in inorganic analysis. Z. Anal. Chem. 159, 241–249 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00454639
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